An Intelligence Process for the Operational Commander

Abstract

This paper examines a process that has been in use by the U.S. Army at the tactical level of war for 15 years. It is a process that systematically analyzes the weather, terrain and the enemy in order to effectively predict an enemy's likely course of action. The products of this process are used by the tactical commander to identify the best possible friendly course of action in order to achieve the assigned tactical objectives... The process is known as Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB). This paper will address why we use intelligence processes, briefly describe the IPB methodology, how it is applied at the tactical level of war, and how it can and should be applied at today's operational level of war. Intelligence Processing and Collection, Enemy and Battlefield Environment, and Synchronization.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 17, 1993
Accession Number
ADA264453

Entities

People

  • Christopher J. Munn

Organizations

  • Naval War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysts
  • Classification
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Operations
  • Databases
  • Environment
  • Identification
  • Intelligence Analysis
  • Intelligence Analysts
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Intelligence Cycle
  • Military Operations
  • Operating Systems
  • Security
  • Training
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.